What is The Utah SMH Collaborative?
The Utah School Mental Health Collaborative is a state-wide project targeted at advancing and aligning school mental health infrastructure by providing school districts across Utah the technical assistance and training to develop mental health systems in their schools. The primary goal of the Collaborative is to facilitate the schools’ existing multi-tiered system of support framework for mental health services, also called MTSS.
The MTSS Framework
The MTSS framework outlines support across 3 different levels. Tier 1 offers universal support, tier 2 offers group support, and tier 3 offers targeted support for groups of students per school.
Tier 1 support includes promoting mental health for all. The collaborative will program tier 1 efforts by supporting school-wide implementation efforts to provide evidence-based Social Emotional Learning through programming and consultation services.
Tier 2 support includes preventing mental health challenges. The collaborative will program tier 2 services through consultative efforts to support small group interventions for students identified at-risk.
Tier 3 support includes intervening mental health challenges. The collaborative will support tier 3 services through efforts to support partnerships with community mental health and consultation services.
Tier 1 support includes promoting mental health for all. The collaborative will program tier 1 efforts by supporting school-wide implementation efforts to provide evidence-based Social Emotional Learning through programming and consultation services.
Tier 2 support includes preventing mental health challenges. The collaborative will program tier 2 services through consultative efforts to support small group interventions for students identified at-risk.
Tier 3 support includes intervening mental health challenges. The collaborative will support tier 3 services through efforts to support partnerships with community mental health and consultation services.